The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-28

BILE young man. He is just like al
the graduates of the University. HI
will make his mark
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The Devil is loose in Morgan
town." said an observer the othel
day.
"Have you seen him?' queried tn,
scribe.
'sNo, but / have heard him." was
the reply. "About one-kalf of this
town is engaged in besmirching and
depreciating the other half, and the
latter half is doing its best to gel
even with the first half. Nothing
but the Devil himself could inspire
such a passion for gossip as pre-
walls in this town. No man, woman
or child escapes the scalpel of these
gossipers. 1t has become disease.
Now, / have been reading chap
ter from that eminent writer, Mr.
Holland, on the subject Of gossip, y
continued this observer, land | wish
it could be read in every home in
this town. Will you not please
publish short extract from It'll
This is what Holland says about the
cause and cure of gossip
"The very simple reason why the
world is full of gossip, is that those
who indulge in it have nothing else
in them. They must interest them
selves in something. They know
nothing but what they learn from
day to day in intercourse with and
observation of their neighbors
What these neighbors do, what they
say, what happens to them in theil
social and business affairs, what
they wear-these become the CUES
tions of supreme interest.
"The personal and social life
around them--this is the book I'M
der constant perusal, and out OF
this comes that pestiferous CONVEX
sation we call gossip. The world is
full of it, and in a million houses,
all over this country, nothing is
talked about but the personal affairs
of neighbors. All personal and
social movements and concerns are
arraigned before this high court OF
gossip, are retailed at every Preside,
are sweetened with approval or en-
FILTERED by spite, and are gathered
up as the common stock of CONVEX
sation by the bankrupt brains that
have nothing to busy themselves
with but title tattle.
ut is constant infraction of the
Golden Rule 1t is thoroughly
immoral practice, and what is worst
and most hopeless about it is that
those who are engaged in it do not
see that it is immoral and detesta-
BILE. To go into mans house,
stealthily, when he is away from
home and overhaul his papers, or
into lady's wardrobe and examine
her dresses, would be deemed a very
dishonorable thing; but to take up
IL mans or woman's name and be-
smirch it all over with gossip, to
handle the private affairs Of neigh
Dor around hundred firesides, why,
this is nothing! 1t makes converse
ton. 1t furnishes topic
THE CURE.
"What is the cure for gossip
Simply culture. The ignorant talk
about their neighbors BECAUSE and
only because, they have nothing else
to talk about"
s'As we write there comes to US
the picture of family Of young
ladies. We have seen them at home
we have met them in galleries of art
we have caught glimpses of them
going home from a bookstore or Q
library with fresh volume in theil
hands. When we meet them they
are full of what they have seen and
read. They are trimming with
questions. One topic of converse
ton is dropped only to give place te
another in which they are interested
We have left them, after delight
full hour, stimulated and refreshed
and during the whole hour not {
neighbours garment was soiled by
SO much as touch. They had
something to talk about. They knew
something and wanted to know
more. They could listen as well al
they could talk. To speak freely O
a neighbours doings and belongings
would have seemed an impertinenc'
to them, and, of course, an impro
priety. They had no temptation t.
gossip, because the doings of thei
neighbors formed a subject very
much less interesting than thos'
which grew out of their knowledge
and their culture"
] "And this tells the whole story
The confirmed gossip is Away
either malicious or ignorant. TIL
one variety needs change Of hear
and the other change of pasture.
REMEMBER that Hutchinson 4 ia
cohs will sell you a barrel of goo
salt at $1.25; and remember ais
that they have beer selling thous
ands of pounds Of good -four at s
per hundred, and will continue thes
nrices riOht along. Don't forget i